E7 clock timings, again!

David_Aston

Have had a look at other posters views on this.
At the mo', the actual day/night rate changes, on the modern digital reader seem to agree with the ancient clockwork timer, which clangs past it's changes with great authority, albeit going from night to day rate at 11 AM. (It's actual clock is inaccurate, by a few hours, perhaps because of the power cut scenario.)
As the missus puts the washing machine on to start at 1 or 2 AM she is slightly miffed that we haven't been maximising our cheap hours. Is it still the view round here that we might as well wait until an actual visit by an engineer highlights this? And of course put on the washing machine and dishwasher that little bit later!

lstar337

Nobody will be interested in changing the clock, so enjoy your more useful hours.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

if it's not switching over until 11am, that's to your advantage.

You have all morning to do the heavy usage jobs, washing, immersion, cooking.

Why have the washing machine rumbling in early hours of morning when you can just stick it on when you get up?

Edit: Plus you storage heaters will hold the heat well into the evening.

[Deleted User]

No engineer will visit you to re set this clock to the published times.Suppliers can t and wont leave themselves responsible for any timers that are not correct. The best they will do is to change the good old analogue timer to a digital meter with a built in clock, and don t worry, they too can drift many hours away from the correct time. I would accept whatever little money the suppliers offer you and then keep the analogue timer switch which is now operating in a much more user friendly time slot and will let you timer stuff away from the dead of night. I would nt want my washing machine or dryer operating at 2 am in the morning.

David_Aston

Thanks for your comments guys.
In fact I have sometimes lain awake thinking that the kitchen could be burning down, or flooding. (Perhaps putting out the fires.)

So, all machines on much later now!

Bark01

If you do want to contest timings, the 2 codes you want to refer to are:

Older meter types need to be checked for accuracy every 2 years but only need to be +/- 2 hours from actually time to be considered accurate (ELEXON Balancing and Settlement Code of Practice 9, section 6.3.5).

Smart meters need to be checked every 20 days and have an accuracy threshold of +/- 20 seconds (ELEXON Balancing and Settlement Code of Practice 10, section 5.5.2)